Upbeat Live: Dudamel Conducts Strauss with Christopher Russell
Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Performance department at Azusa Pacific University, Christopher Russell discusses three pieces on life, death, and love, all inspired by Romantic poetry.
This talk was given at the first performance of Dudamel Conducts Strauss at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Pieces discussed:
SCHOENBERG Transfigured Night
STRAUSS Four Last Songs
STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration
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